- The US is the world's largest consumer of coffee.
- October the 10th is national metric day.
- Rubber bands last longer when kept refrigerated.
- Volleyball was invented in 1895.
- Fibonacci numbers are named after Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa (better known as Fibonacci) who introduced them to Western Europe after they had earlier been described by Indian mathematicians. They are related to the golden ratio and proceed in the following order: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, .... Can you see the pattern?.
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